Yan Liu
Yan Liu studies machine learning and AI for health, sustainability and social-media analysis. Her research includes time-series models and efficient sampling and optimization. Liu joined IBM Watson Data Analytics as a research staff member in November 2006. She earned master’s and doctoral degrees from Carnegie Mellon. She joined USC in August 2010. Her research spans health care, climate science, traffic and social-media analysis. Her stated research develops machine-learning models for time-series analysis, explainable models and efficient sampling and optimization algorithms. She directs USC’s computer-science machine-learning centre.
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Timeline
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2006
IBM analytics research
Liu joined IBM Watson Data Analytics as a research staff member in November 2006. She earned master’s and doctoral degrees from Carnegie Mellon.
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2010
Joining USC
She joined USC in August 2010. Her department biography connects her research with health care, climate science, traffic and social-media analysis.
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As of October 2026
Learning from time series
Her research develops machine-learning models for time-series analysis, explainable models and efficient sampling and optimization algorithms. She directs USC’s computer-science machine-learning centre.
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